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Whatever Happened to Rock n’ Roll Instrumentals? Have They Simply Disappeared?



The Ventures, Bill Justice and others give us a taste of a bygone art form: rock songs without lyrics where the guitar riffs and driving beats provide all the story we need. And we honor Tony Bennett’s 95th birthday with Alec Baldwin’s hilarious Saturday Night Live impressions of the legendary crooner.


The Two Helens



The big band leaders of the 30’s and 40’s referred to them as canaries and saw them as a necessary distraction from what they enjoyed most: elaborate instrumental arrangements. They knew that only their male fans would be left, and perhaps not even them, if they completely abandoned female vocalists like The Two Helens: Forest and Ward.


Lower My Standards?? With Pleasure!



In Podcast #27, we will explore the questions: Are my standards too high, too exacting for me to be truly happy? Why do I sometimes feel like I should get a “job” or do some kind of “work”? Does thinking about maybe getting a job make me better than other people? Am I worried that if I quit borrowing money from my friends, they’ll think I’m stuck-up?


Professional Ambition



Which of the following would you consider it advisable to do?

1. Hire Jerry Seinfeld as your life coach…

2. Buy a new automobile from Jerry Lundegaard…

3. Debate Carl Showalter (Steve Buscemi) as to the meaning of the concept of Force Majeure.

Find out on this week’s episode of “The Voice of the Arts”!